Tau Films

Tau FilmsCompany type| Private

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Industry| Visual effects, Computer animation
Predecessor| Rhythm & Hues
Founded| 2014; 11 years ago (2014)
Founders| John Hughes, Mandeep Singh, and Walt Jones
Headquarters| United States, Malaysia, India, China, Canada.[1]
Services| Visual effects, Computer animation
Website| taufilms.com

Tau Films is an American visual effects and animation company with locations in the United States, Malaysia, India, China, and Canada.

## History

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Tau Films was founded in 2014 by John Hughes,[2] Mandeep Singh,[3] and Walt Jones.[1][4] In 2015, it was nominated for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project at the 13th Visual Effects Society Awards for its work on the amusement park special venue-ride film The Lost Temple (Movie Park Germany).[5][6] It has since produced other special venue-ride films such as The Forbidden Caves (Bobbejaanland)[7] and Racing Legends at Ferrari Land (PortAventura World:Ferrari Land).[8] It also created Delusion: Lies Within (virtual reality episodic storytelling).[9] Tau has worked on films such as Evil Nature (2018),[10] Baahubali: The Beginning (2015),[11][12][13][14][15] 2.0 (2018),[16][17] Crazy Alien (2019),[18][19] the 2019 Nicolas Cage film Primal,[20][21] Simon West's Skyfire (2019),[22] and Li Weiran's The Yinyang Master (2021).[23][24]

## Filmography

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2021

* The Battle at Lake Changjin (release date September 30, 2021)
* The Yinyang Master[23][24]

2019

* Skyfire
* Primal
* Crazy Alien

2018

* 2.0
* Delusion: Lies Within
* Evil Nature

2017

* WildAid: Jackie Chan & Pangolins (Kung Fu Pangolin)[25]
* Racing Legends at Ferrari Land (PortAventura World:Ferrari Land)

2015

* Baahubali: The Beginning
* Everest
* Hogwarts Express - London (Warner Bros. Studio Tour London- Platform 9¾)
* The Forbidden Caves (Bobbejaanland)

2014

* The Lost Temple (Movie Park Germany)

## Awards and nominations

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* 2015: Nominated - Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project, 13th Visual Effects Society Awards. The Lost Temple (Movie Park Germany)[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Welcome to Tau Films". Tau Films Official Website. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
2. ^ "John Hughes". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
3. ^ "Mandeep Singh". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
4. ^ "Walt Jones". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
5. ^ Palicki, Martin (2014-08-27). "Deep inside the Lost Temple: Movie Park Germany delivers media-based thrills". InPark Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
6. ^ a b "13TH ANNUAL VES AWARDS". Visual Effects Society. 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
7. ^ Kleiman, Joe (2015-08-28). "Three Holovis Projects: The Forbidden Caves". InPark Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
8. ^ Kleiman, Joe (2017-04-21). "Mousetrappe Announces New Port Aventura Ferrari Land Attractions and New Staff". InPark Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
9. ^ "From Stage To VR : Enter 'Delusion: Lies Within'". Samsung Electronics. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
10. ^ Moore, Debi (2015-04-27). "Explore the Evil Nature of this Proof of Concept Trailer". Dread Central. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
11. ^ Cain, Rob (2015-07-19). "Bollywood Frets As 'Baahubali' Sets New Box Office Records". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
12. ^ Bhushan, Nyay (2015-07-15). "'Baahubali': 5 Things to Know About India's Record-Breaking Blockbuster". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
13. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (2015-05-08). "India Saga 'Baahubali' Targets the World With Ramoji Film City". Variety. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
14. ^ "Watch: How Malaysia's Tau Films created Baahubali's bull scene". Hindustan Times. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
15. ^ "Hollywood quality on limited budget will be achievement: SS Rajamouli". The Indian Express. 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
16. ^ Shyam, Kumar (2018-03-07). "VFX expert from Hollywood calls Rajnikanth's 2.0 'most challenging' project". The National. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
17. ^ Sundar, Priyanka (2018-03-07). "The making of 2.0 VFX featurette: See the hard work put into Rajinikanth-Akshay Kumar's film". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
18. ^ "AU2019: Making of "Crazy Alien"". Autodesk India. 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
19. ^ "Asia's Largest Event in Gaming, Animation, Visual Effects inaugurated". Nat24. 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
20. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (2019-11-26). "Killer CG Creatures Stalk Nic Cage in 'Primal' with Help from Ziva VFX". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
21. ^ Garcia, Eric (2019-11-11). "Interview: PRIMAL Director Nick Powell On His Old-School Action-Adventure Thriller". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
22. ^ Davis, Rebecca (2019-05-14). "Cannes: 'Skyfire,' China's First Big-Budget Disaster Movie, Shopped by Meridian Ent. (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
23. ^ a b McMahon, Chris (2021-04-29). "Remote production on The Yin Yang Master with Tau Films". ftrack.com. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
24. ^ a b "The Yingyang Master (2021)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
25. ^ "Jackie Chan fights for pangolins". China Daily. 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2019-03-17.

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